“I saw two Turtle Doves in the garden last week. They stayed for about 1-2 hours and seemed pretty relaxed and in good condition. I saw them again the next day but not since then. It was a really nice experience as I’d never seen or heard of them before, and I never realised how […]

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“This morning I had a Turtle Dove in my garden feeding for around 10 minutes. This is the 3rd year one has appeared. Last year one appeared during May on a few occasions, but in 2010 there was a pair regularly in the garden between 3 May and 5 July. One day one flew into […]

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“Here are the photos of the Turtle Dove in our garden on the 20th May. This was our third sighting during the last week feeding on mixed wild bird seed with added sunflower hearts on open ground in the garden”. J Pope from Kent via the Turtle Dove Hotline

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